Pet Peeves

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

So, 'Don Kebeen', or do they make an effort?

[Caomhaoin]

That's exactly how they pronounce it, the annoying cunts!

I'm used to it now but at first it was 'ah here for fuck sake'.

Spaniards who can pronounce the letter 'v' in English are like hens teeth.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

I do not have a hen's tooth en casa. But she knows her way round a polla.

[open face surgery]

I was in Paris a few years ago with the bird and this 'boutique' we went into...Christ Almighty. All the husbands etc corralled into a glorified children's area where a waiter brings you complimentary coffee (eyebrow raising) and there seems to be only one or two of each item (alarm bells) and not a price tag or a 'sales associate' in sight (CODE RED CODE RED ABORT ABORT).

First part of this is the jist of a segment in Nathan For You.

[Caomhaoin]

I do not have a hen's tooth en casa. But she knows her way round a polla.

The Spanish women dirty talk is so aggressive though, it's startle if you weren't used to it. I prefer those lovely oh la la's from the Frogettes but those days are over fir now

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

It's less startling if you don't understand the half of it. If there's a few "qué rico"s in there, then I gather things are going well, whether or not she's actually just fantasizing about some bloke called Rico.

[Caomhaoin]

'Que Rico' 😂😂

It's more the half spitting at you through clenched teeth, staring a hole right through you that is discomfiting if you ask me

The latinas and the 'papi' is good craic.

[John Kimble]

Today's pet peeve are ignorant or passive-agressive shop assistants. You know the type, not necessarily overtly rude but the types who conduct their business while refusing to even acknowledge your presence. Just taking the payment or card off you and not even confirming that the transaction has gone through, forcing you into some kind of mini stand-off, where, because you have other shit to do and life's too short, you capitulate and have to say "that went through ok, yeah?" We get it, you hate your job and you hate customers. The majority of us have probably worked in retail or customer service at some stage of our lives, so if it's a means to an end, just grin and bear it, and it may pass quicker. On the other hand, if it's your chosen career and you can't even crack a smile, maybe find another job where you're paid to be miserable.
On the flipside of that rant...overly friendly, insincere shop assistants, generally found behind the counter of your nearest Starbucks. If I'm the only customer in the shop, you don't really need to ask me my name as I doubt it'll clear up any confusion, and may just add to it seeing as every time I'm asked I have to spell it out very slowly.

[Mower Liberation Front]

Customers who come in two minutes before closing time, who then spend twenty minutes getting a single item, like a lightbulb, or a junction box.
Actually this isn't  a pet peeve, it's more of a "These fuckers need to be killed with fire." thing.

Fucker came in last night, and he looks at the Christmas lights we're selling, then first thing he asks is "Do you drive through Castleblayney at night?" I just say "No, and I try not to drive through it during the day if I can help it, either." Seems he's some bigshot local community guy, and wanted to know whether Blayney had warm or cool white lights in the streets. He eventually bought some lights.

Then he comes in again today, ten minutes before closing today, to exchange them as they were the wrong type of white.

[John Kimble]

Customers who come in two minutes before closing time, who then spend twenty minutes getting a single item, like a lightbulb, or a junction box.
Actually this isn't  a pet peeve, it's more of a "These fuckers need to be killed with fire." thing.

Yeah, I'm with you on that one. Used to work in Xtravision back in the early 2000's...area had a big student population and all that entailed... DVD's late constantly, tight fuckers paying off their fines one cent at a time etc. Almost every night, five minutes from closing, some prick would enter the shop and proceed to select from the 7 DVDs for 7 nights offer, leaving it til the absolute last minute to approach the counter and enquire if we had the 7th Seal out the back, or worse still, proceed to open an account. Absolute cunt behaviour. 

[hellfire]

Worked in pubs for years. Cunts that wouldn't fuck off at the end of the night should be killed.

[Caomhaoin]

Worked in a chipper in cork part time in college one year, I didn't mind most of the time (I must have seen half the Cork inter county football and hurling panels in there drunk and talking shite at some stage, pretended I didn't know who Colin Corkery was when he was in, some shocker that lad being on the chips cheese and garlic wha'?)but I recall one absolute ballbag who insisted on eating his food inside, leaning up against the window, seeing full well that the three of us there had to clean up so we could piss off home. Upon being asked politely to head out there, he goes DONT FUCKIN START WITH ME NOW.

Had a half eaten burger thrown at me once, another guy threw the tip jar at my back because I refused to give him his food as he refused to pay, being locked and convinced he had already paid. I actually saw the cheeky fucking cunt who did it waking round the UCC campus a few days later, desperately trying to look inconspicuous when I made eye contact with him.

[warhead]

people, especially metalheads:don't trust the governments and media, pharmaceutical industry is poisoning us, etc.....
those same people now:trust the governments and what you read/hear in the medias regarding covid, get vaccinated for our own well being, etc......
I have no problem with either standpoint, generally speaking, the pet peeve is coming from people saying the first one for decades, and now changing the tune in droves.

[Caomhaoin]

You're from Ex-Yugoslavia, how many fine minds were proud of the third way, the relative success of a non-conforming economy? Loads, rightfully so!

The Americans and pals had planned to carve it up into squabbling banana republics, obliterating the system, blaming the evil Serbs and withholding aid from any republic which didn't declare independence. All planned before any nonsense in Bosnia, revive old hatreds and watch them eviscerate each other. Michael Parenti puts in very well.

https://youtu.be/6Jnws5UyFLs

Violently separate Kosovo Mij from Serbia, pretend it's independent , and pummel the poor fuckers who were dumb enough to sort out their own territory and have their former countrymen laughing and clapping at their misfortune:) Hook line and sinker. All my Serbian friends, including a dentist and a company director are extremely nationalist and have no nostalgia of any kind for Yugoslavia. Hate Alija, hate Tudjman, upi shiptare and fire off AK47's out the window when Croatia lose the World Cup final. Mind control, pure and simple.

[Black Shepherd Carnage]

Can only speak for myself: question all governments and parties with political agendas, including all media outlets, pharmaceutical industry cares about money above everything else, so pay more attention to scientific consensus than pharma sales pitches.

I haven't changed my tune on any of that.